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NEW YORK (AP) — What, really, is a fashion show? Discuss.Of course, there's the well-worn formula: People wait in line for ages, sit down, wait some more, look at clothes for about 10 minutes, spend another half-hour greeting and double-cheek kissing, then go do the same thing somewhere else.But lately, fashion shows have been stretching those boundaries. It's not a totally new trend, but the New York Fashion Week that ended Wednesday saw a fashion show as a dance performance, a fashion show as a vintage car exhibit, a fashion show as a rap concert/burlesque show (together!), a fashion show as an excuse for a big party, a fashion show as a female empowerment group and more.Some of it was weird, some wonderful, some both.

Vibrant SF Ethnic Dance Festival moves into historic venueFew gatherings throughout the world can rival the vibrant collection of talent and tradition brought together each year at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.A celebratory reflection of the country and the Bay Area’s diverse cultural dance forms, the upcoming 39th festival will move for the first time to the historic War Memorial Opera House.Taking place over two weekends this month, Saturday-Sunday July 8-9 and July 15-16, two dozen dance and music ensembles will present a global tableau of performances hailing from China and the Congo to Tahiti and Peru.

Charlize Theron pulls out a lot of impressive moves in her upcoming spy thriller “Atomic Blonde,” so when she showed them off on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” we weren’t surprised.In “The Tonight Show’s” Dance Battle, contestants have to make up dance moves to random, never-before-seen dances.The star still managed to wow Fallon with her interpretation of “Slap the Giraffe,” which involved her looking like she was trying to hit an actual giraffe, and the “Tennis Pro,” which is a bit more straightforward.